Folks reporting the hijack were most likely infected with adware and
being redirected.
Oops, I didn't mean "infected with adware". I mean they installed a
"customized search tool bar", or "web query optimizer" for themselves.
Wasn't Google using Akamai? Is the "L" in "l.google.com" for
load-balancing?
From the above link:
"Recap: 6:13PM PST: Google was not hacked, but instead had a DNS
problem. For some the site was redirecting to the SoGoSearch page. All
services have been restored."